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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646–1716)
Leibnitz or Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von, Baron. A renowned German philosopher and scholar; born at Leipsic, July 6, 1646; died at Hanover, Nov. 14, 1716. He reached the highest eminence among the scholars of his time in languages, history, divinity, philosophy, jurisprudence, political science, physical science, mathematics, even in polite letters. Among his theological and philosophical writings are: ‘Essays on God’s Goodness, Man’s Freedom, and the Origin of Evil’ (1710); ‘Principles of Nature and Grace’ (1717); ‘New Essays on the Human Understanding’; ‘Refutation of Spinoza,’ first printed in 1854. An incomplete edition of his ‘Mathematical Works’ was published in eleven volumes (1884).